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POMELOS
Definition of POMELOS
noun
plural of pomelo
noun
The large fruit of the Citrus maxima (syn. C. grandis), native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, with a thick green or yellow rind, a thick white pith, and semi-sweet translucent pale flesh.
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Word DNA
POMELOS inherits its ancestry from its root, POMELO.
Line of descent
- Portuguese
- Dutch
- French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
27th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (257)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, POMELO · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POMELOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POMELOS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ELMOOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found POMELOS?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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